Comments on: Friday Linkblogging! http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/06/19/friday-linkblogging-5/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sat, 25 May 2013 03:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alexa http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/06/19/friday-linkblogging-5/comment-page-1/#comment-466640 Alexa Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:54:41 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12006#comment-466640 It's not "exactly as" sexist (though I won't try to argue that it's not sexist at all), because giving free comics to women serves to reach out to an audience that tend not to read as many comics. At a place like Heroes Con, it's likely that there will be girlfriends and moms who have been dragged along by the males in their life, and so having someone willing to give them free comics would make them feel more welcome at a place where they probably feel completely out of their depth. In other words, it's sexist in the way giving free comics to anyone under 13 is ageist. The IGN/District 9 contest was sexist because it perpetuated the idea that sci-fi movies and comic book conventions are just for men. Not to mention, a trip to Comic-Con is worth about 500x more than a comic book, and part of the prize involves some soft journalism, thus excluding women was like discrimination in the hiring process (we discussed this before, that even though this probably wouldn't directly lead to a real journalism job anywhere, it could still be put on a resume for someone applying for any number of media jobs) It’s not “exactly as” sexist (though I won’t try to argue that it’s not sexist at all), because giving free comics to women serves to reach out to an audience that tend not to read as many comics. At a place like Heroes Con, it’s likely that there will be girlfriends and moms who have been dragged along by the males in their life, and so having someone willing to give them free comics would make them feel more welcome at a place where they probably feel completely out of their depth. In other words, it’s sexist in the way giving free comics to anyone under 13 is ageist.

The IGN/District 9 contest was sexist because it perpetuated the idea that sci-fi movies and comic book conventions are just for men. Not to mention, a trip to Comic-Con is worth about 500x more than a comic book, and part of the prize involves some soft journalism, thus excluding women was like discrimination in the hiring process (we discussed this before, that even though this probably wouldn’t directly lead to a real journalism job anywhere, it could still be put on a resume for someone applying for any number of media jobs)

]]> By: eaglesfillthesky http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/06/19/friday-linkblogging-5/comment-page-1/#comment-466639 eaglesfillthesky Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:26:46 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12006#comment-466639 I don't know, giving away free comics only to women strikes me as being exactly as sexist as, say, having a contest open only to males. yet one is praised and the other derided. I don’t know, giving away free comics only to women strikes me as being exactly as sexist as, say, having a contest open only to males. yet one is praised and the other derided.

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